Mailchimp retains ownership of all Dedicated IP Addresses and may revoke a Member's access at any time at its sole discretion; accounts with paused or suspended email sending for 30 or more days for any reason are subject to reclamation of the Dedicated IP Address.
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This provision establishes that Dedicated IP Addresses are Mailchimp assets subject to unilateral revocation, including in situations where sending is paused voluntarily by the Member, which may affect the email deliverability infrastructure of businesses that have built sender reputation on a specific IP address.
The agreement establishes that Mailchimp may reclaim a Dedicated IP Address from any account where email sending is paused or suspended for 30 days or more, for any reason including voluntary pausing, with no obligation to reassign the same IP address upon reactivation.
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Compare across platforms →"Mailchimp, in its sole discretion, may determine whether to provision access to a Dedicated IP Address. Dedicated IP Addresses used to provide the Service are owned and operated by Mailchimp and we reserve the right to revoke a Member's use of a Dedicated IP Address at any time. If your account uses a Dedicated IP Address and email sending for the account is paused or suspended for 30 days or more for any reason (including but not limited to compliance matters, failed or overdue payment issues, or voluntarily pausing your Monthly Plan), Mailchimp may reclaim the Dedicated IP Address from the account and terminate any future use of the Dedicated IP Address by the Member.Excerpt from Mailchimp's Standard Terms of Use
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This provision establishes that Dedicated IP Addresses are Mailchimp assets subject to unilateral revocation, including in situations where sending is paused voluntarily by the Member, which may affect the email deliverability infrastructure of businesses that have built sender reputation on a specific IP address.
The agreement establishes that Mailchimp may reclaim a Dedicated IP Address from any account where email sending is paused or suspended for 30 days or more, for any reason including voluntary pausing, with no obligation to reassign the same IP address upon reactivation.
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